2000 Plymouth Neon no idea!

2000 PLYMOUTH NEON
160,000 MILES • 2.0L • 4 CYL • FWD • MANUAL
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ABBYG
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I started noticing white smoke from the tail pipe and all of a sudden my car started a acting like it was running out ofgas
even thought it clearly wasn't, but it eventually died. We looked in a valve and under a piston we found a broken spark plug. A what could have caused this and what's the fix
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Apr 3, 2015 at 7:30 AM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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What broke on the plug? As far as the white smoke, that usually indicates coolant getting into the combustion chamber due to a head gasket.

Let me know and if you can, up load a pic of the plug.
Apr 3, 2015 at 11:10 AM
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ABBYG
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I haven't really messed with it since, I have no idea what I'm doing but the white piece on the plug is what's broke ? I suppose the piston moving broke it, but no idea how the plug got into the engine like that
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Apr 3, 2015 at 12:57 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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That looks just like the insulator that broke. Have you removed the rest of the plug?
Apr 4, 2015 at 1:54 PM